Legendary Checkerboard Lounge closes in Hyde Park

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The legendary blues club Checkerboard Lounge has closed in Chicago.

The lounge closed after the death of its owner, L.C. Thurman.

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He first opened the club on 43rd Street back in 1972. It moved to Hyde Park in 2005.